[QUOTE=cajaya;144123]incompetent engineers that trick deckies and office ppl into thinking they’re the sht
has anyone else seen this?
I apologize in advance to any of the engineers that do do this.I guess it has been working for you or else you wouldn’t be doing it.
but still, the BSers out there have really been pissing me the F off
and the deckies and office people just eat it up. It makes me want to vomit[/QUOTE]
And I also have to wonder why you would ever think that using an incredibly broad and marginalizing description such as “incompetent engineers” to start your thread with was going to attract any positive support or replies???
I hear a lot of old timers say that women don’t belong on ships. I have sailed with a few good shipmates in both departments who were women. The OP on his thread is making a good case for the old timers
Why cant we seem to hire a trash talking, whiny, cunt deckhand like this one, the whole crew would be cheering when you called the office to throw in the towl, which I guarantee would take less than 96hrs. I would learn the industry and have a little better understanding of how things go before you lump all engineers in with 1 possible shithead. Personally I dont think you should be let out of the galley, dont need you “hurting” yourself on deck, and god forbit you go downstairs.
“I’ve come across a few. Im just trying to enlighten the deckies out there. If you dont want to know and you think ignorance is bliss than just stop reading this thread NO”
I’m thinking I know how she passed her “grip test”
In one thread, she has managed to insult both Deck AND Engineering departments… I think she already had a beef with the office…
It’s still tough to get her point though… just because guys like to “throw random knowledge around”… doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t know their jobs… just like to show off…
BTW… not All BS’ers are incompetent… some are lazy… some are egotistical…etc…
But, do appreciate that the generalizations that engineers are BS artists and Deck is too stupid to know this means that she is likely to have some really fun hitches… at least while she can keep her job…
IMHO any deckie worth his purina can see through the haze of bullshit. At least they should be able to.[QUOTE=cajaya;144123]incompetent engineers that trick deckies and office ppl into thinking they’re the sh*t
has anyone else seen this?
I apologize in advance to any of the engineers that do do this.I guess it has been working for you or else you wouldn’t be doing it.
but still, the BSers out there have really been pissing me the F* off
and the deckies and office people just eat it up. It makes me want to vomit[/QUOTE]
Well, Like anything, When shit hits the fan,that separates the men from the boys,of all parts of a work boat. some company’s just go with having a body, and ppl are not completely evaluated correctly.
I don’t always realize I’m the smartest on the boat. But when I do, I make sure to tell everyone constantly…it helps fool the engineers so they think I saved the day with my awesome Deck skills.
I have to agree this thread made me laugh…many times. Our wayward Mate, or AB. has some issues. Interpersonally, I’d tend to believe. Working on a Boat or Ship is working in a Microcosm, Personalities tend to get magnified. But in 20 years of doing this I’ve met some of the most genuine individuals. Absolutely Solid to a fault. And yes I’ve met the aforementioned BS’er. But you haven’t gone to sea and have any experience if you have not. The ones that excel in this business are the ones that can take it and dish it out in kind. But cajaya you had better be 100% on your game. Or NO ONE will want to work WITH you. You see that’s the pitfall in your original statement, and subsequent comments. You are not telling us anything new. It’s a fact as old as when commercial ships all had sails. You have to come to grips on the fact that no ship, boat, or yacht runs itself. It takes a Crew, and that Crew has to act like a TEAM. There is banter. There is personality. However at the end of the day you and your shipmates have to pull together. Throwing pitches at the head of the batter will get you charged. Simple like that. When and IF you ever rise to the top you will have to work with the Engineer’s It’s a team effort. If you make it a Us vs them environment, well then you are in for many years of frustration. If you make it very far at all. Be Careful In your statements. I’ve known Capt’s and mates that were just as good at engineering as I was. ( in fact a good friend of mine who is an OIM / Master was a Certified Master Mechanic before he went to the Acad) I’m a Chief Engineer myself and know a fair amount about how to get a boat from here to there. Having been a Commercial Fisherman 12 years before I started at the Acad. I will say thank you though this has been one of the most entertaining threads I’ve read in a long time.
[QUOTE=cajaya;144123]incompetent engineers that trick deckies and office ppl into thinking they’re the sh*t
has anyone else seen this?
I apologize in advance to any of the engineers that do do this.I guess it has been working for you or else you wouldn’t be doing it.
but still, the BSers out there have really been pissing me the F* off
and the deckies and office people just eat it up. It makes me want to vomit[/QUOTE]
Ladies and Gentlemen! You may all be over looking the obvious. If any group sailor especially one of us perverted engineers is around a woman he will be trying to impress her to get in her pants. I have work with several Ladies. Some were professional, some just sat around an looked pretty. One even looked smoking hot knew her job and could work circles around anyone on board. The one thing that was in common every time was that guys acted like monkeys during mating season just like on animal planet. If you have hurt feelings after reading these comments please PM me and I will send you a hurt feeling report asap.
Three surgeons were discussing their operations one day in the doctors lounge. The first surgeon says. " I had an easy one today. I operated on a chief engineer today and it was a piece of cake. I opened him up, found the spare parts box inside him changed out the bad part and now he’s back on line and doing fine." The next surgeon says, " You had it harder than I did today. I operated on a port captain. I opened him up and there was nothing but hot air inside and when I cut him open it blew out and he was temporarily cured." The last surgeon piped up. " Man, you both had it a lot tougher than me today. I operated on an unlimited captain today. After I let out all the hot air from him I opened him up and only found a mouth and an asshole. And, both of those parts were interchangeable.
How many deck cadets at maritime schools flunked out of the deck programs and returned a year later to study engineering? Most likely zero. Many a Maine cadet flunked out of the engineering program and came back as a re-tread deckie and graduated.